Jails and Prisons

As President Barack Obama asked for federal criminal justice reforms during a speech Tuesday, sitting in the audience was Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who was able to shepherd his Second Chance Society reform package through the last legislative session. Malloy said Connecticut now has "a full federal partner'' in the battle to reduce crime and eventually return convicted criminals to productive lives. Malloy was invited by Obama to attend the NAACP's annual convention in Philadelphia, where the president delivered a keynote speech that said improvements are needed in the juvenile justice and criminal systems to reduce the number of repeat offenders and deter crime. ...

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